ANTH 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Adam Kadmon, Individualism, Enculturation
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Anthropology - the study of humans: time & space: longitudinal perspective (human experience) All of the humans past and present (human ancestors) How have humans been able to survive these experiences: all geographic areas. Biological (or physical: human evolution, biological variation. Cultural: cultural variations (diversity, cultural universals (found in all societies around the world) Archaeology: reconstruct customs of past peoples, study human remains. Taking anthropology knowledge and applying it to the real world. From all sub-fields: biological - forensics. Often involves law enforcement (human remains may be found so biological anthropologists or forensic anthropologists are called upon to look at the environment and determine the type of remains: archaeology - preserve and record. Ensures that construction projects do not destroy any cultural aspects of a group of people: linguistics - language and change, cultural - human relations. Design products that would actually apply to ones lifestyle. Freedom, the american dream, consumerism/materialism, expression and inclusiveness, individualism.
